‘The process of Othering has everything to do with knowledge, and power acting through knowledge to achieve a particular political agenda in its goal of domination’ (Said 1978: xiii). The non-Western woman (and more recently since 9/11, the Muslim woman), has been produced as a singular monolithic subject within academic frameworks, and in Left...

SEXUAL POLITICS IN MODERN IRAN: Sex outside marriage: punishable by 99 lashes or stoning Showing hair or wearing makeup, even though very common: punishable by lashings Hymenoplasty: re-storing the hymen so that the woman is a virgin on wedding night Temporary Marriage: anything from 1 hour to 99 years; woman gets financial reward depending on...

*All names have been changed. It’s 5pm and somewhere in the deep reserves of Alabama I’m being driven into the woods by the Ku Klux Klan. The two Loyal White Knights of the Klan clad in all-black as is the customary colour of the KKK security uniform are my guards: My eyes have seen the...

Just like there was a code of silence in Hollywood regarding Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse and harassment, there is a code of silence in the left-wing media such as The Guardian when it comes to left wing activists and politicians who abuse and harass women. Just like there is a code of silence within the...

There is no nature; only the effects of nature. Jacques Derrida, Donner le Temps “While Eastern societies created a sophisticated and impersonal ars erotica, modern Western culture developed a scientia sexualis more intent on personalized control than on skilled pleasure.” (Merquior, 1985: 121). INTRODUCTION Why is sexuality such a big deal and has been a...